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I can only see the mp - must have been merged in already. Thanks for your vigilance.

I can see a request by Colin Bruce Milne to merge with Arnulf I Van Holland, graaf van Masaland, Kinhem en Texla (managed by Jane Louise Wurster)
The father's name Theodoric is a more formal form of Dirk, his surname Ghent is based on a misunderstanding (Arnulf was born in Ghent and therefore called Gandensis).
I don't trust the ancestry of this Theodoric; there is a lot uncertain about the early ancestors of the counts of Holland (note that the name Holland as a geographical entity only came into use around 1100)

Ahh, I see it now, thanks. Dealt with. Lets keep trying to get the profile manager -Jane Louise Wurster - to come and help us on the Medieval Clean-Up project.

Let me know what I need to do. In the summer I live on an island in Michigan and don't get online as much. Plus, still in the middle of a move between 2 Chicago suburbs and have had either no computer or no time.

:-) There's plenty of time. When you get a chance, just take a look at the project I invited you to. No hurry, cousin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf,_Count_of_Holland

Arnulf, Count of Holland

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Arnulf of Holland

Count in Frisia
Arnould de Hollande.png
Arnulf as imagined in the 16th century

Reign
988–993

Predecessor
Dirk II

Successor
Dirk III

Born
950/955
Ghent, Flanders

Died
September 18, 993
Winkel, West-Friesland

Burial
Egmond

Spouse
Lutgard of Luxemburg

Issue
Dirk III
Siegfried (known as Sicco)

Father
Dirk II

Mother
Hildegarde of Flanders

Arnulf, also known as Aernout or Arnold succeeded his father in 988 as Count in Frisia. He was born in 951 in Ghent and because of this he is also known as Arnulf of Ghent. Arnulf was the son of Dirk II, Count of Holland and Hildegard, thought to be a daughter of Arnulf of Flanders.

Career[edit]

Arnulf is first mentioned (together with his parents) in 970. Like his father, his name appears in numerous Flemish documents at the time. In 983 Arnulf accompanied Emperor Otto II and future Emperor Otto III on their journey to Verona and Rome. As count he managed to expand his territories southwards. Arnulf donated several properties to Egmond Abbey, amongst others Hillegersberg (which was previously called Bergan, but renamed after Arnulf's mother) and Overschie, which may have been rewards for the land-clearing activities of the monks of Egmond.

Arnulf was the first count to come into conflict with the West-Frisians and in 993 he invaded deep into their territory, but on 18 September of that year he was defeated and killed in a battle near Winkel in West-Friesland. His son Dirk was still a boy at this time, but Arnulf's widow Luitgard managed to retain the county for her son with support from first Emperor Otto III and later her brother-in-law, Emperor Henry II.

Family[edit]

In May 980 Arnulf married Lutgard of Luxemburg, a daughter of Siegfried, Count of Luxemburg. The couple had (at least) two sons; the future Count Dirk III and Siegfried (also known as Sicco). Arnulf, his wife and his sons were all buried at Egmond.

He also had a daughter, Adelina of Holland, who was married to Baldwin II, Count of Boulogne and Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu.

On 20 September 993 Liutgard donated her properties at Rugge to Saint Peter's abbey of Ghent for the soul of her husband. In June 1005 she made peace with the West-Frisians through mediation by Emperor Henry.

References/Bibliography[edit]
Cordfunke, Graven en Gravinnen van het Hollandse Huis (1986).
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm

Preceded by
Dirk II

Arnulf was Count of Friesland and Rijnland, but also Gent, Aalst en de Vier Ambachten.